Cigarette-wrapper.



No. 637,4l9. Patented Nov. 2|, I899.

c. m. RICHMOND. CIGARETTE WRAPPER.

(Application filed M's-r. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTO poses, of which the following is a specification,such as'will enable those skilled in the art to tially separated, but incombination forming 4 thin metallic sheet A, composedof a film of fiber,(shown at B and 0,) such thin sheets beaccordance with my inventionshows through improved wrapper'for cigarettes and the like ver sheets asilver luster is given to the wrap- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OASSIUS M. RICHMOND, or NEW our, N. Y., AssreNoR TO 'rnn morn/1cm)"eoLD' AND SILVER CIGARETTE COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

CIGARETTE-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,419, dated November21, 1899..

Application filed math 10, 1899.

To {all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that LC ssIUs M.- RICHMOND, a citizen of the. UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of ,N ew York and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Article of- ManufactureDesigned for Use as a Wrapper'for Cigarettes and for otherPur-j which itappertainsto make and use the same. The object of myinvention is toprovide an which is simple, neat, and tasty in appearance-and which willavoid discoloration. of the fingers and also retainvthe ashes of theinclosed tobacco while theilatter is being consumed; and with this andother objects in viewthe invention consists of an article of the classdescribed composed of separate metallic and fibrous films or sheetsconnected as hereinafter described and claimed. The invention is fullydisclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanyingdrawings form .a part, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewrepresenting three sheets of the material I employ parmy improvedwrapper; and Fig. -2, a similar view showing the application thereof,the tobacco of the cigarette being shown at D.

In carrying out my invention I provide a silver, gold, or other suitablemetal which is capable of being rolled or hammered into a very thinsheet. To this metallic sheet is applied in any suitable manner one ormore Very thin sheets of suitabletranslucent vegetable ing preferablymade of the pulp of scrapings from bamboo or the like. The sheet orsheets B and C of vegetable fiber may be applied to one or bothsides ofthe metallic sheet and give sufficient strengthnnd body to the. metallicsheet to enable the cigarettes to be made either by hand or bymachinery. The surface of the metallic sheet in a wrapper made in thethin coating or sheet of fibrous material, and thus imparts a neat andtasty appearance to the finished cigarette. In the case of sil- SerialNo. voasva. iNo model per. I In the'ease of gold sheets a golden lusteris imparted.- While I have mentioned scrapings from bamboo as adesirable vegetable fiber to be sen ts a tasty and finished appearance,but the metallic sheet employed prevents the nicotine contained in thetobacco or filler of the cigarettes from discoloring the fingers of thesmoker.

I am aware that metal foil and paper have been combined for use as acovering or wrapper for tobacco and. other substances, also that metalfoil and earthy substances have been chemically combined for use as awrapper for cigarettes; but the metal foil and paper were each capableof separate use and the object in combining the metal foil and earthysubstances was to preventthe metal from melting and forming drops. Themetal filmwhich I employ and the fibrous film are'so fine as to bealmost invisible separately to the naked eye, and the said films areunited by simply placing them together by means of a mild v. blast ofair or by using a fine camels-hair brush. The separate sheets are alsopreferably spread with liquid paste in the act of connecting them,'andthe normal atmospheric 7 pressureis suiiicient to cause said sheets toclosely adhere, and they cannot be separated. The-result of this processis an exceedingly delicate, strong, and durable cigarette-covering,which will not beconsumed in the act of smoking, but will hold the ashestill the tobacco of the cigarette is completely consumed, and togetherwith the ashes may be knocked off whenever desired.

It will be apparent that the article herein described may-be used forother purposes than that herein specified, and myinvention is notlimited to the exact means for connecting the parts of said article. norto the use thereof herein set out.

Having fully described my invention, 1 'imsellofameiillilm,:uulat-ransllieem fibrous claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Pateut- 1. A cigarette-wrapper having as constituent elementsthereof, a, metallic film and a fibrous film, substantially asdescribed.

2. A cigarettewrapper having as constituent elements thereof, a fibrousfilm ands. metallie film intimatelyconnected, substantially asdescribed.

8. The herein-described article for use as a cigarette-wrapper and for0th er purposes c0mlilm on each side of the metal film, substantially asshown mul described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed myname, in preseneeof the subscribing itnesses this 9th day of March,lSHJ.

CASSIUS M. RICHMOND] Wilnesses:

Amusm' B. LEFLER, FREDERIC BOND,

